It is unfortunate that in New York and many other cities public housing has pre-empted not the worst but the best of the acknowledged slum areas -- that is, those favorably located on parks and ...

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If you want to understand New York's capital city and its continuing ... who called the entire area a slum," said Paley, who lives in Albany's Melrose neighborhood. "That was a big lie." ...